NARRATIVE ESSAYS

Social Drivers of Health

Anthony Zamudio, PhD | Hien Nguyen, DO

Fam Med.

Published: 7/23/2025 | DOI: 10.22454/FamMed.2025.230948

Home visitation for social history

Broken elevator, creaky staircase

Transportation?
“Bike . . . stolen!”

Childhood?
“Abusive, deaths, drifting: mother’s many evictions”

Mental health?
“Depression, nightmares, blackouts”

Neighborhood?
“Loud, dealers tempting my sobriety”

Peers?
“Gangs for protection”

Incarcerations?
“23-years locked up . . . ended my education”

Echoes Matthew Desmond’s Evicted:
“Poor black men are locked up; poor black women are locked out”

Lead Author

Anthony Zamudio, PhD

Affiliations: Family Medicine, Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Co-Authors

Hien Nguyen, DO - Family Medicine, Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Corresponding Author

Anthony Zamudio, PhD

Correspondence: Family Medicine, Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Email: info@dranthonyzamudio.com

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